MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 27, 2026
Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Melton.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — WHIP and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Troy Melton wins 2 categories (WHIP, W); Tatsuya Imai wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Tatsuya Imai
94.9
Troy Melton
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Tatsuya Imai
14.2%
Troy Melton
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Tatsuya Imai
28.7%
Troy Melton
17.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Tatsuya Imai
27.9%
Troy Melton
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Tatsuya Imai
45.2%
Troy Melton
33.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Tatsuya Imai
8.7%
Troy Melton
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Tatsuya Imai
.316
Troy Melton
.287
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Tatsuya Imai
27.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.11
Troy Melton
27.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Tatsuya Imai
.9001.54
now 1.36
1.37
Troy Melton
.9001.54
now 0.95
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Tatsuya Imai
4072.60
now 28
53
Troy Melton
4072.60
now 4
21
Winshigher is better
Tatsuya Imai
.0009.40
now 2
36
Troy Melton
.0009.40
now 1
37

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyTatsuya Imai — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.93
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